τόμος

A. slice, τ. ἐκ πτέρνης Batr. 37; γαστρός, πλακοῦντος, Ar. Eq. 1179, 1190; τῆς χορδῆς Cratin. 192; ἀλλάντων, πυοῦ, Pherecr. 108.8, 19; γογγυλίδος Alex. 88; τυροῦ, ἡνύστρου, Eub. 150.2, Mnesim. 4.14 (anap.): generally, piece, κιθῶνος Michel 832.20 (Samos, iv B.C.); of wood, beam, IG 11(2).161 D 123, 165.49 (Delos, iii B.C.).

2. piece of land, ib.7.3170.12 (Orchom. Boeot.), cf. 1739, 1742 (Thespiae).

3. Geom., τ. κυλίνδρου frustum of a cylinder, portion of right cylinder intercepted betw. two parallel oblique sections, Archim. Con.Sph.Def.; τ. ἀπὸ ὀρθογωνίου κώνου τομᾶς ἀφαιρούμενος frustum of the section of a right-angled cone, i e. portion of a parabola cut off by two parallel double-ordinates, Id. Aequil. 2.10.

II. roll of papyrus, PCair.Zen. 357.15 (iii B.C.), LXX Is. 8.1, PSI 10.1146.1 (ii A.D.), Sammelb. 7362.1 (ii A.D.), etc.; τ. συγκολλήσιμος PGrenf. 2.41.18 (i A.D.); τιμῆς ἀπὸ τόμου ἀγραφίου PMich.Teb. 123vvii 25 (i A.D.); tome, volume, PMich. in Class.Phil. 22.10 (ii A.D.), D.L. 6.15: metaph., ἐν καθαρῷ διανοίας τ. Porph. Marc. 32.